RACE ANDCULTURE

WITH JAMILAH KING

Pharrell Puts a Dark-Skinned Woman on New Single Cover

Pharrell released the new video for the second single off of his new album, “G I R L.” The cover art for the track, called “Marilyn Monroe,” features a dark-skinned dancer named Khadijah Shari, which seems to be the artist’s response to critics who bashed the album cover for featuring only lighter skinned women.

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